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''Exit Sherlock Holmes'' is an article published in [[The Bystander]] on 22 june 1927.

== Exit Sherlock Holmes ==
[[File:the-bystander-1927-06-22-p544-exit-sherlock-holmes.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The Bystander]] (22 june 1927, p. 544)]]

I think [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] is very wise to put a definite period to the activities of Mr. [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Not, of course, because we are tired of the famous sleuth, but because there is a fashion to seize upon this or that character when its creator had finished with it, and to continue its career under some such heading as: "What Happened to Lewis Dodd after the Death of his Constant Nymph." The only way to guard against such piracy is, obviously, to kill off all your characters, and I would remind [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur]] that although he may remove [[Sherlock Holmes]] from the scene of his triumphs, [[Dr. Watson]] still remains to be used as a peg on which to hang unauthorised sequels Assuredly, [[Dr. Watson]] must die lest he become the unofficial Boswell of the great detective.

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